Category: Technology

Having attended last week, a rigorous 3-day workshop on various new technologies, including Blockchain and Bitcoin, this article comes as a perfect reminder of some of the dangers of technology we discussed during the sessions. Blockchain is the new buzzword in the world of technology and people are still trying to figure out the best... Continue Reading →

If you are a fan of Hindi Pop music (which I am not. Hindi Pop is similar to Indian Chinese food...it's Indian. Chinese is for namesake. Similarly, Hindi Pop is just Hindi song, Pop part is misleading!), you might remember a song composed and sung by Pakistani singer Adnan Sami - Mujhko Bhi To Lift... Continue Reading →

I came across a couple of interesting articles on Reliance Jio (Mukesh Ambani's $38 billion "start-up") suggesting that the accounting practices (just like a lot of other things at the Ambani Group) could be dubious. I want to write something on valuation and Indian equity markets since a long time...meanwhile do read this article. Ambani’s... Continue Reading →

Read this news about Infosys and thought of sharing Quick Thoughts (Mini-Read). Here is the Infosys news in today's Times of India. So Vishal Sikka wanted to position Infy as a Product company and the rest of the management/owners didn’t. Interesting...this is a huge strategic shift and will define in couple of decades who was... Continue Reading →

Few weeks ago I wrote about Misha Osipov - the new chess prodigy. That was an amazing feat by a human in chess! This week something equally or more significant has happened in chess. Google’s AI, AlphaZero, developed a “superhuman performance” in chess in just four hours. After being programmed with only the rules of chess (no... Continue Reading →

I recently read this book - 'The New Buffettology' by Mary Buffet (who was Warren's daughter-in-law for 12 years before she divorced her husband and Warren's son, Peter) and David Clark.I immensely enjoyed reading this book; though not a fool-proof, it has some very interesting snippets and anecdote's about Warren Buffet's investment strategies and business acumen. It... Continue Reading →